Historias lamentables

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Historias lamentables
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Directed by Javier Fesser
Written byJavier Fesser
Claro García
Produced byLuis Manso
Pilar Benito
Álvaro Longoria
Javier Fesser
Cinematography Alex Catalán
Edited byMapa Pastor
Music byRafael Arnau
Production
companies
  • Películas Pendelton
  • Morena Films
  • Unfortunate Stories AIE
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 2020 (2020)
LanguageSpanish

Historias lamentables (also known as Unfortunate Stories) is a 2020 Spanish anthology comedy film co-written and directed by Javier Fesser. It was distributed by Amazon Prime Video. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

The film is a Películas Pendelton, Morena Films and Unfortunate Stories AIE production, with the participation of TVE, Amazon Prime Video, and Crea SGR and support from ICAA and the Madrid regional administration. [7]

Reception

The film got three nominations at the Goya Awards [8] and two at the Feroz Awards. [9]

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References

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